Holder for toilet articles



Dec. 15, 1959 M. V.'DA CRUZ 2,917,356

HOLDER FOR TOILET ARTICLES Filed Dec. 9, 1955 &/ /4

INVENTOR EA; BY 35% ATTORNEYS United States Patent HOLDER FOR TOILETARTICLES Maria Vedrenne Da Cruz, Montreal, Quebec, Canada ApplicationDecember 9, 1955, Serial No. 552,200

1 Claim. (Cl. 312-245) The present invention relates to holders fortoilet articles and is more particularly directed to a support for aplurality of diversified toilet articles which support is capable ofextending outwardly from a vertical supporting surface.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide a supportfor most of the toilet articles generally employed for hygienic purposesand which support is of a unitary construction capable of being quicklyand easily afiixed to a vertical support for extending outwardlytherefrom presenting the toilet articles for ready use as desired.

A still further and important object of the invention is to provide aneconomically produceable support for toilet articles which support, dueto the particular arrangement of the elements thereof, hides a majorportion of these toilet articles from general view and at the same timeis capable of supporting in spaced apart relationship most of the toiletarticles generally employed in cleansing the parts of the outer face andassembles the toilet articles together for convenience in the usethereof.

Further objects of the invention will be in part pointed out and in partdisclosed in the following specification and accompanying drawing, inwhich:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the present support.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the support as mounted upon a walland showing the relative position of the various toilet articles mountedthereon.

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional View taken on line 33 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a further sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

. Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, whereinlike and corresponding parts are indicated by similar referencecharacters, numeral 1 indicates an L-shaped elongated arm having a base2 for being positioned against a vertical surface such as a wall A andis being retained thereagainst by screws B extending through slottedopenings 3 thereof. The head end of arm 1 has further openings throughwhich extend screws 4 for attaching the relatively flat bottom 5 of acontainer E which has a substantially straight wall 6 extendinglaterally of said arm and from which extends a semi-circular wall 7completing the sides of said container. A cover 8 is hinged at one sideby hinge 9 to said wall 6 and is for normally closing said container,but can be raised for providing access to the interior of the container.

Said cover 8 further has a plurality of upright pointed end pins 10mounted thereon and extending thereabove.

Wall 6 has a pair of slotted hangers C and D extending therefrom towardsbase 2 of arm 1 and substantially parallel to and spaced above said arm1.

Hanger C is formed by a U-shaped wire having side arms 11 and 12 and aconnecting bottom 13 with the ends of said arms being attached to wall 6in any known manner and extending substantially perpendicular therefrom.Further, said arms 11 and 12 each have a series of spaced apart bulbousportions 14. Similarly, hanger D has side arms 15 and 16 and aconnecting bottom 7 which arms are spaced apart and connected to wall 6in any known manner while extending substantially perpendiculartherefrom. Side arms 15 and 16 each also have a series of spaced apartbulbous sections.

The present support can be mounted upon any upright by mounting screw Binto the upright A and passing the head of the screw through openings 3in said base and then allowing the slotted portion of said openings toreceive the screw. When so mounted, the upright of arm 1 will extendsubstantially perpendicular from the upright A, that is, in a horizontalmanner with pins 10 extending substantially vertical whereuponpenetrable toilet articles such as ornamental cakes of soap 21 can bereadily mounted upon or withdrawn from pins 10. Without disturbing thesoap cover 8 can be raised upwardly for with drawing or placing furthertoilet articles within container B such as for example a dental plate 22or a tube of toothpaste 23, shown merely by way of example. Uponreturning cover 8 to the top of wall 6 and 7, these articles are placedout of sight and in a protective enclosure.

A plurality of toothbrushes 24 can be mounted upon the hangers C and Dby inserting the handle of the tooth brushes between the side arms ofthese hangers whereupon the bulbous portions 14 and 18 will retain thetoothbrushes in spaced apart positions. Also, a glass 25 can be placedupon the upper surface of the body of the flat arm 1 for being supportedthereby while the hangers C and D, base 2 and wall 6 provide lateralsupport for such a glass preventing the same from readily sliding orfalling from arm 1.

With the various toilet articles positioned upon the support asindicated in Fig. 2 of the drawings, the user thereof would generallyface the container E so that the major portion of the toilet articlesare hidden from view, thereby giving a pleasing appearance. At the sametime, a sufiicient portion of the toilet articles are in view so thatthey may be readily withdrawn from the support or returned thereto asdesired. Further, all of the toilet articles generally required forcleaning the teeth, washing the face, or the like are thus assembled ina closely grouped arrangement upon this holder which is also of aunitary construction which requires the minimum of space and renders thesame efficient for use therefrom.

The present device is capable of considerable modification and suchchanges thereto as come within the scope of the appended claim aredeemed to be a part of the present invention.

What I claim is:

A unitary support for diverse toilet articles comprising an elongatedL-shaped arm capable of having the base thereof detachably connected toan upright support with the leg of said arm extending normal to saidsupport, a container for a plurality of toilet articles mounted on thefree end portion of said arm leg and having a straight side wallextending substantially perpendicular to and laterally of said arm leg,a pair of slotted elongated hanger arms connected to and extendingsubstantially perpendicular from said container straight wall andsubstantially parallel to said arm leg towards the base of said armproviding supports for slender articles, said hanger arms being spacedfrom and above said arm leg on opposite sides thereof for providing withsaid container side wall and said arm base, side retainers for anarticle positioned on said arm leg.

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